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[Scott] I believe Richard

So here's this 14-year-old kid getting paid money to inform on narcotics dealers in the...

White Boy • 2017

[Scott] I believe Richard himself, quickly realized that the target for this was big game. [Herm] He was using his son to get paid. It's not the role of a father to do something like that. [sirens blaring] [Scott] And this was something that I think started off as one thing, and ended as another thing. It started off where they would, you know, sometimes pick Rick up and they drive him through the neighborhood. And they say, "Rick, tell us who this guy is. Tell us what that spot is. What's that spot?" [Kevin] So here's this 14-year-old kid getting paid money to inform on narcotics dealers in the city of Detroit. In the short time he was an informant for the police, he collected about $35,000 from law enforcement

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[Scott] I believe Richard

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himself, quickly realized

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that the target for this

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was big game.

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[Herm] He was using his son

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to get paid.

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It's not the role of a father

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to do something like that.

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[sirens blaring]

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[Scott] And this was something

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that I think

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started off as one thing,

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and ended as another thing.

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It started off where they would,

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you know, sometimes pick Rick up

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and they drive him

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through the neighborhood.

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And they say, "Rick, tell us

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who this guy is.

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Tell us what that spot is.

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What's that spot?"

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[Kevin]

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So here's this 14-year-old kid

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getting paid money

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to inform on narcotics dealers

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in the city of Detroit.

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In the short time he was

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an informant for the police,

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he collected about $35,000

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from law enforcement.

Duration

43 seconds

Views

646

Timestamp in Movie

00:22:45

Uploaded

Jul 07, 2025

Genres

documentary, crime

Production

N/A

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Movie Summary

In 1980's Detroit, 17 year-old Richard Wershe, Jr. allegedly ran a sophisticated inner-city drug dealing operation. Now, journalists, police, federal agents and hit men are speaking for the first time about the legend of "White Bo...